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Sony has gained over 3 million new PSN users since hack

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Dissent

Sony Corp. CEO Sir Howard Stringer has confirmed that the electronics giant has raked in an additional three million PlayStation Network accounts since the service was restored following the cyber attacks earlier this year.

CNET reports that Stringer dropped the news during a presentation at the IFA electronics show in Berlin yesterday, where he asserted his belief that PSN is in far better shape now than it was prior to the security breach.

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1 thought on “Sony has gained over 3 million new PSN users since hack”

  1. JJ says:
    September 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    I’m sure this is because end users are confident that Sony has good security and has nothing to do with them dropping the price of the PS3…

    Low price always wins.

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